Discount travel agencies the world over offer discounted tours and special offers from hotels, airlines and other travel companies which they have access to. These travel agents have access to several airlines and also to the special rates they offer, apart from a wealth of advice and travel information.
These travel agencies are also known as consolidators, as they consolidate airline tickets by bulk buying these tickets and selling them at a cheaper rate to deal hunters. These agencies also consolidate tours in bulk and sell them as discounted tours online.
Most discount travel agencies have their own websites, and you can get great deals on them. For some good discount tour deals, refer to sites such as Orbitz.com, undercovertourist.com, cruisedirect.com (budget cruise vacations), trip.com, expedia.com, cheaptickets.com and Travelocity.com. These websites offer discounted tours as well as online reservation facilities to worldwide destinations.
For discounted rooms in top hotels you can visit some of the prominent consolidators on the Internet.
Travelweb (travelweb.com) is operated by the big players in the hotel industry namely Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotel Group (owner of Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza), Starwood (owner of Sheraton, Westin, and W hotels), and Priceline.com. To stay at any of these hotels worldwide at discounted rates, refer to this site.
Quikbook (quikbook.com) claims that if you can find a lower rate than theirs for a certain hotel on a certain date, they will refund the difference. Quikbook can get you deals in over 60 cities in the states. Their website was named Forbes Best of the Web, for three years consecutively.
Hotel Discounts (hoteldiscount.com) offers great rooms for under $100 a night, in some of the biggest cities in the U.S. Hotel Discounts offers up to 70 percent off on 400 destinations in North America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.
Expedia (expedia.com), one of the biggest online booking services, can get you discounted rates of 40 percent or more on a huge selection of accommodations in the U.S. and all over the world.
Priceline (priceline.com) also offers 40 percent or more, even on discounted rates, on hotels worldwide. Though it won’t allow you to see the name of the hotel before the booking is made, it does allow you to choose the area and star level.
Orbitz (orbitz.com), another huge online travel service, developed by five major airlines, offers up to 70 percent off on 500,000 accommodation options.
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